Day: September 7, 2006

I love the lamest edit wars page on Wikipedia. It’s academic humor writ large, and is a microcosm of politics, geekdom, transliteration, and other hair-splitting pursuits. Was Copernicus Polish, German, or Prussian? If Nikolai Tesla was born in a part of Austria-Hungary that is now part of Croatia, was he Austrian, Hungarian, or Croat? More seriously, should Hong Kong literature be categorized under Chinese literature or just linked to it? The Death Star: “Is it 120km or 160km in diameter? Who cares?” (Thanks, Boing Boing.)